Public displays of affection - are they ok?

I personally think that the private displays of affection are the ones that count, but yeah go for it.

Worst that can happen is that you end up in intensive care:roflmao:

 

As long as the public display does not get out of hand I see no problem with some affection on display.

 

People are usually fine with PDA as long as it's tasteful and respectful. You know, not porny. The few people who aren't ok with it usually just give weird looks or make some sassy bitchy comment. Physical violence to random people is not as common as the media would lead you to believe.

 

I'm okay with couples hugging or holding hands or lightly kissing each other in public. However, when they're heavy petting, making out, or just basically having sex with their clothes on, it's gross and tacky to me.

 

For any couple, regardless of orientation, I personally think it's fine to a point. I don't mind anything like holding hands or hugging (it's actually really cute), but when it comes to kissing I feel like one or two small kisses are okay, but there's a time and place for anything more than that.

 

personally i have no problem with, strait couples do the same so why should gay/lesbian couples do the same?

 

Sure I think it's fine. It probably wouldn't be most places here in the US, but I have heard amazing things about the tolerance and progressiveness of Berlin as a city. Plus Europe in general is pretty great...

 

Go ahead. If you don't do it, then it will never become socially acceptable. I mean, don't have sex in the street, but hold hands or kiss.

 

I think the same rules should apply for gay couples as for straight couples. Holding hands or a small kiss are fine IMO. If you're in a club and you want to properly kiss then go for it, as long as you're not in the sort of place where it might kick off :lol:

Actually I can't wait to kiss a guy in a club and see what happens :lol:

 

It can be nice. But don't do it just to do it. I think it's kind of silly and cheesy.....but yeah.

 

If I had a boyfriend, I'd hug/kiss them when I wanted to, regardless of who is around. That is something I would have said a few years back. I feel so comfortable that I just generally don't care what people think anymore. I mean yeah sometimes it isn't pleasant to see anybody having a PDA, but at the same time it's kinda cute. I'd love to be able to just kiss somebody that I loved when and where I wanted to.

I always kiss guys in clubs, if somebody has a problem it's not my problem, it's theirs.

 

I don't personally enjoy seeing any public displays of affection, from any type of couple.

I'd really rather wish they would keep it to themselves. Most I think is acceptable is holding hands.

I mean, why would you want to see people playing tonsil tennis in view of everyone?

And what's more, I don't understand why you would want to play tonsil tennis in front of everyone. Kissing, to me, is meant to be an intimate and private thing D:

 

Yeah I'm not too big a fan of extreme PDA, like making out. I definitely see that sometimes haha (not saying that's what you had in mind though). My opinion is regarding both straight and homosexual couples. I think holding hands and hugging or cuddling or something is fine.

 

Aslong as it is not full on Sex in public.

 

Yeah I agree about the US part. While some parts of the US are pretty progressive (LA, SF, NYC) most other places are unfortunately not. Also, regarding Europe, I have to disagree on that one, but I see what you mean because a lot of what the American media depicts of Europe is London, Amsterdam, Berlin etc which are more progressive. Go anywhere in Eastern and Southern Europe and do that...and well...yeah you wouldn't want to do that there haha.

 

I have to disagree with you here, well, somewhat. Yeah I forgot about Spain and Italy can be questionable. But I don't get my ideas from the "American media" it's more that, out of the past three years I have lived two of them outside the US. I trust the "American Media" about as far as I can throw it. No, from what I have seen, read, and discussed with people over there, I just get the sense that Western Europe is in general more progressive than we are. I like it there, and may just have to move to Berlin if given the chance...

 

Nothing wrong with it

 

Holding hands/kiss on the cheek is fine. Anything more is just vulgar in a public setting.

 

As a person who has family from both Southern and Eastern Europe, I can tell you that it is pretty much embedded in their cultures to be homophobic and is not even tolerated, especially due to catholocism. As stated in my previous post, I was referring to Americans as a whole, not you in particular. Many Americans only hear about Western Europe and have no idea what it's like to be gay in Poland or Italy, for example. Many Americans tend to refer to the continent as a whole when they really mean to say Western Europe. I do agree with you, though, that Western Europe is more progressive. Anyways, I'm not trying to argue with you, but we obviously have talked to different people and have had different experiences.